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Howdy all. We've been bringing in small batches of folks over the past week to check out our upcoming redesign. Based on their feedback we've made a number of changes and are getting close to what we think is a good final product, but we would like more feedback!

The main purpose of the redesign is to combine all releases/dlcs/expansions of a game into a single product. While doing so, we took the time to make some improvements to some site sections, in particular to guides and the message boards, while also attempting to make each section more uniform instead of feeling like completely isolated experiences (like the current Answers product vs the Boards).

We're looking both for feedback on the redesign AND for people to report any bugs or problems they come across while using it. If you are willing to take a look and provide feedback, post here and let me know (and make it clear you're interested in the beta and not just commenting). I'll bring in some people for a bit and then make a post that I'm stopping accepting new people in. Depending on how many we get this morning, I might come back later for more.

Thanks in advance!
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Sure, I posted in the last topic after the cutoff.

Id be willing to give it a go and provide some feedback.
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I would be interested
What you should be doing is hiring someone for an administrative position who won't be incompetent as shit and give holocaust deniers and Stormfront-level racists a 7 day purgatory
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bump-o, working on some more changes so it'd be nice to have some more before and after folks to check them out later.
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One_Day_Remains posted...
What you should be doing is hiring someone for an administrative position who won't be incompetent as shit and give holocaust deniers and Stormfront-level racists a 7 day purgatory

Einsprachigkeit ist heilbar
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pisces
I have a critical eye for this since I do it for a living, but eh. Whats the reward? Just helping out? Do we get karma? A custom badge? Anything at all? :/
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This site is getting sexier each and every day. I sweat constantly as I browse each board.

Keep up the good work!
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Please don't change to anything close to a reddit-style format of cascading comments. The message boards need no changing

simple is better. that's the key.
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Damn I thought you said resign
Does this mean my old school gamefaqs mode is gonna be redesigned with all the elements of modern website design that I hate

Like big empty spaces

and buttons with incomprehensible icons

And less tools on the page for me to be able to use

And bloaty animations and design elements that kill my browser

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why u ignore me the first time
I try to laugh about it, hiding the tears in my eyes.
Will the current stylesheets for the boards still be available once this rolls out?
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Id be happy to test this out.
Will_VIIII posted...
Will the current stylesheets for the boards still be available once this rolls out?
Some of them might be updated, the creators have access and have been poking around with it.

pinky0926 posted...
Does this mean my old school gamefaqs mode is gonna be redesigned with all the elements of modern website design that I hate

Like big empty spaces

and buttons with incomprehensible icons

And less tools on the page for me to be able to use

And bloaty animations and design elements that kill my browser
Nope. The boards will look different by default, but those who don't like it will have the ability to restyle it to look like the current boards do.
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Kind of a waste considering this site is literally dying
All the betas here cna be your testers
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There should be a way of seeing who an alt belongs to. Not sure how this can be done.
Hope we get fake changes on April 1st
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Damn_Underscore posted...
why u ignore me the first time

You're on his ignore list xd
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armandro posted...
Hope we get fake changes on April 1st
As fun as that would be, we'll likely be going live on the 12th. I'm sure we'll still see plenty of "Belated April Fool's!" hilarity, regardless.
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ZombiePelican posted...
Kind of a waste considering this site is literally dying
I think it's a great feature and gamefaqs is still one of the better places to get simple guides, especially for older games.

I'd rather have a walkthrough open on my phone than finding the exact spot in a youtube video
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I'd be interested.

Also, can we finally have private messages use the same profanity rules as the public boards? Always found it funny I can say fuck here or on a game board but can't use it in a sentence when PM'ing a friend.
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Honest opinion, I'm not a fan of the boxes... maybe it takes up less space on mobile or something, but on desktop, it just looks like chunk after chunk, whereas the boards right now have a straight flow to them without a gap between posts.
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I'm interested and available to beta test.
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SBAllen posted...
Some of them might be updated, the creators have access and have been poking around with it.

Nope. The boards will look different by default, but those who don't like it will have the ability to restyle it to look like the current boards do.
Oh thank heavens, only had a chance to look around a little. Will have to spend some more time with it but that is very good news.
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PatrickMahomes posted...
Honest opinion, I'm not a fan of the boxes... maybe it takes up less space on mobile or something, but on desktop, it just looks like chunk after chunk, whereas the boards right now have a straight flow to them without a gap between posts.
Common feedback. We're taking it into consideration but not quite sure what we plan to do about it yet. For those whom it's a dealbreaker for we do provide the current site style as an alternative, though we do hope that by launch users are more satisfied with the new look as well.
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I'll be a guinea pig and provide feedback
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OMG I got in

They arent turning it to reddit or twitter so you dont have to worry about that.

I think its good. I like the overall idea of merging games and I see why you would want to modernize the sites look.

The one major thing I would say is there isnt enough distinction/border between posts like there is now which I dont like.

Also plz give us the option to use the old site.
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I'm down
I also want to view this on desktop before I give a full opinion but the buttons on top of the board now look better than the ones in the beta tbh. The buttons in the beta seem... out of place IMO
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Damn_Underscore posted...
Also plz give us the option to use the old site.
Click the gear icon on a message list and you can toggle back and forth.
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As long as gamefaqs never switches to a Reddit format, I'm cool with changes.

Mostly that means no upvote/downvote nonsense.
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SBAllen posted...
Click the gear icon on a message list and you can toggle back and forth.
Is there a similar option for the topic list as well?

I feel I might be missing something.
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Alteres posted...
Is there a similar option for the topic list as well?
Not yet, but it's working in our dev environment and will be part of the next update we push out to the beta. Works the same way as the one on the message list.
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Sign me up.
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Any hope for unified profanity behavior between private messages and boards?

Don't mean to linger on it, just always seemed odd to me, so it sticks out in my mental notes of this site.
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Most of my other quick thoughts have already been posted on the test forum by other users.

I primarily use mobile, and everything feels larger and less defined. It seems that it is being streamlined as much as possible, which can be a good thing for new users, but has some draw backs.

For the purposes of game description/discussion posts can get quite large and the new formatting is reminiscent of run of the mill comment sections and seems a bit cluttered/unorganized. I will have to play with it more and see what all I can customize. I cant seem to digest information as quickly as I can with the current formatting.
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Malcrasternus posted...
Any hope for unified profanity behavior between private messages and boards?

Don't mean to linger on it, just always seemed odd to me, so it sticks out in my mental notes of this site.
Honestly it's not really on our radar right now and we've got a pretty packed plate as-is for the foreseeable future, so it's unlikely for now. It's not off the table or anything, though.
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im still waitin to get in to da beta test
yes
I think its good. I like the overall idea of merging games and I see why you would want to modernize the sites look.

Finally.
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i'd give it a whirl
What the **** is Jumpstyle?
SBAllen posted...
Some of them might be updated, the creators have access and have been poking around with it.

Nope. The boards will look different by default, but those who don't like it will have the ability to restyle it to look like the current boards do.

Fair response. I'll can the snark :)
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Gonna cut off here for now, might pop in again later today or possibly tomorrow. Thanks for the interest!
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